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Six More U.S. Representatives
Co-Sponsor Mail Network Protection Act
APWU Web News Article #36-08, April 28, 2008
Six more members of the U.S. House of Representatives have become co-sponsors of the Mail Network Protection Act (H.R. 4236) in support of the union’s efforts to reduce wasteful, inefficient, and detrimental subcontracting by the U.S. Postal Service.
The legislation would help preserve inexpensive, trustworthy mail service for the American public as well as USPS jobs by requiring the USPS to bargain with postal unions before it engages in significant contracting-out.
A total of 82 U.S. representatives have embraced the bill, which was introduced last November by Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA). [Click here for a complete list of co-sponsors to date.]
The following House members added their names as co-sponsors of the legislation between April 17 and 25:
Mail Network Protection Act — Co-Sponsors Added April 17-25, 2008 |
|
Chris Carney (PA-10) |
Keystone Area Local and Scranton Local |
Gabrielle Giffords – (AZ-8) |
Tucson Area Local |
Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30) |
Dallas Area Local |
Collin Peterson (MN-7) |
Willmar Local |
Bobby Scott (VA-3) |
Richmond Virginia Area Local, Norfolk Local, and Richmond Virginia Area Local Retirees Chapter |
Betty Sutton (OH-13) |
Akron Metro Area Local |
For more information about the Mail Network Protection Act and the union’s
effort to gather support for it, click
here.
